Newsquest Cumbria joined forces with Cumbria Community Foundation to help promote its annual fundraising drive. Launched in 2010, the Winter Warmth Appeal has literally saved lives by giving grants to vulnerable older people in the county to keep them warm in the colder months. Having launched its latest appeal last month, the charity has been inundated with donations - almost matching last year’s total of £200,000 with three months still remaining. The charity’s grants and donor services officer, Annalee Holliday, said: “I think older people have been very much in people’s consciousness this year, with many people having to shield at home and hardly leave the house. Their heating bills will be a higher this year as a result, and the lack of social interaction will have had an impact on their mental health.